TOKYO/SEOUL - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia this week to discuss the North Korean nuclear crisis, Tokyo said on Tuesday, while South Korea has conducted live-fire drills off the Korean Peninsula. North Korean officials are also expected to participate in the two-day conference, which will be held in the wake of Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test on Sunday, its most powerful to date. A frigate, patrol ship, guided-missile vessels as well as high-speed boats were used in the exercises, Yonhap quoted the South Korean navy as saying. The drills came two days after North Korea claimed it had tested a hydrogen bomb that can be loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. President Trump also gave his approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars' worth of military weapons and equipment from the United States by South Korea, the statement added.

Source: The China Post September 05, 2017 05:37 UTC